Word: generalization
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...years since the proposition was made to the trustees that they should buy the site that has since come into their possession. Thus in this comparatively short period of time the matter has advanced from a bare proposition to the purchase of the ground, to the approval of a general plan for the arrangement of the buildings upon the new site and to the laying of the corner stone of the library, the first building to be erected. Circumstances have jutified the belief that the re-establishment of the college upon a scale commensurate with the extent and importance...
...Alumni Fund Association at Yale is working to increase the general funds of the university. In order to do this the following circular letter has been sent out to the graduates by the executive committee...
...Yale's greatest need is an income for general purposes. Most of the endowments and legacies are confined to specific uses, so that, while each year the university grows richer in new buildings and special scholarships, she continues to need money more and more for operating expenses. This association undertakes to collect $10,000 to $12,000 per annum for use in any department. The fiscal year ends in June and we have only about $2500. It will be observed that $10,000 per annum is equivalent to an endowment of $200,000 bearing 5 percent interest...
...student who is not in the examination room within five minutes after the hour appointed for the examination shall not be admitted without permission of the instructor or of the officer in general charge of the examinations...
Little of general interest has taken place at Yale during the past week and the second term will not be in full swing until after the Prom. The crew candidates have settled down to steady work and no changes have as yet been made. The work is lighter than customarily at this time. Every indication points to a strong crew, but the question of an opponent is yet unsettled. Among rowing men and undergraduates in general, a five cornered race is looked on unfavorably at present...